State AG Actions Secure Workers' Pay But Not Status
By Max Kutner · November 5, 2025, 5:12 PM EST
New Jersey has joined the growing list of states to go after companies for classifying workers as independent contractors instead of employees, but such actions tend to result in recovering pay...
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